- [Instructor] The snapshot function in Scrivener helps you…manage revisions and drafts of your work.…Let's say I finished writing a first draft…of this goodbye video for the course.…My next step is to export it and send it to my publisher.…Let's say she gets back to me to let know…she wants something completely different from what I wrote.…Before I rewrite, I'll take a snapshot of my first draft.…I can do that by going to Documents,…and then selecting Snapshots, and Take Snapshot.…

Before I do this, please note that you can take…common keyboard shortcuts like command + 5…or shift + command + 5.…I do this all the time because I take frequent snapshots.…For this example, I am going to take a snapshot…by clicking Take Snapshot.…To see the snapshot, make sure your Inspector panel is open,…and we do that by clicking the eye,…and that you've selected the camera icon.…This represents snapshots.…

You can see the date and time of the snapshot…that I just took.…I can also choose to name it by clicking in here,…and I'll do that.…

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11/20/2017

Writing long works like novels and dissertations can be a chaotic process. Scrivener—a popular writing software—can help authors research, write, edit, and publish long documents. Scrivener expert Laura Bergells shows how to get the most out of this powerful writing tool. She explores how to navigate the interface, plan a new project, and use the research folder to keep track of project-related assets. She covers the software's writing and editing features. Finally, Laura goes into preset compilation options—and shows writers how they can share their work as a word processing file, a PDF document, or an ebook.